Dubai Sports Council (DCC) has unveiled unique sports medals that date back to the cultural and historical landmarks of the city of Dubai, and are made of various materials related to the type of event or tournament for which they were created.
The Dubai Sports Council said that it took advantage of the great tourist momentum experienced by the city, and the infrastructure and architectural features that attract many tourists around the world, and designed medals that encircle the necks of athletes participating in various events and take these medals to their countries as a timeless memory.
Among the highlights that have been made special medals: Dubai Frame, Burj Khalifa, Mohammed bin Rashid Library, Museum of the Future, Hamdan Sports Complex, Bridge Tolerance, Emirates Towers, Al Marmoum Reserve, and other landmarks and distinctive tourist facilities that decorated medals won by participants and participants in Multiple sporting events.
The Dubai Sports Council plans to unveil more new medals for upcoming sporting events, including the Dubai Museum, the Dubai Opera, and the Sheikha Hind Women's Sports Games, which will be directed by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Council. It will be launched during the period from 12 to 26 in 10 collective and individual sports.
Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council, stressed that the aim of this idea is to link sporting events held in Dubai, throughout the year, with athletes participating in different countries of the world, and take advantage of the excellence and uniqueness of the city's tourist and cultural landmarks, to convey civilized messages from Dubai to the world.
“We wanted to share the memories of athletes and athletes' participation in the events they were in Dubai with our city, to be on their side in success stories and to embody the place where they were associated with great memories,” Hareb told Emirates Today. He added: «Because sport is an integral part of daily life in Dubai, we made sure that the medals awarded, both to the winners or participants, bear the architectural touches and human glimpses in a message confirming the interdependence of all aspects of life in (Dana Dunya). The development of images and designs of tourist attractions, cultural and historical in the city to form medals that were manufactured to the highest international standards ».
“For example, we have issued medals in the form of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Sports Complex, awarded to the winners of the 2010 World Swimming Championships in Dubai, the first city in the Middle East to host this tournament, and other medals,” he said. The Museum of the Future was dedicated to the participants of the Iron Man Race, and the participants and winners of the Snow Challenge gave us medals in the form of Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, and the vertical run dedicated medals containing the landmarks of the Emirates Towers. march Walk in Dubai for 24 hours, as well as the NAS Challenge Championship where we took care of the features of Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex. “As innovation in Dubai in general, and Dubai Sports Council in particular, we are in the process of issuing another set of unconventional medals in the coming period that embody the city's landmarks, whether on land, sea or on bridges,” said Hareb. There is a diversity in the culture of honoring participants at events organized by the Dubai Sports Council. ”
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